Packing-box for type-writing and like machines.



E. B. HESS. PACKING BOX FOR TYPE WRITING AND LIKE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. s, 19H.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 5, 1914. 7 Serial No. 810,281.

To all'whom itmay concern:

'Be it known that LEDWARD BpHnss, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in'the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Boxes for Type-Writing and like lvlachines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to equip a packing box with meansofsimple construction for securely holding in place a typewriting or like machine in such manner thatit may be shipped without danger of injury, suchholding means being easily applied and as easily withdrawn to permit the removal of the machine from the box.

In carrying out my invention I employ a packing box of ordinary construction provided with a removable lid and I provide a skid or base frame on which the machine rests. The skid is provided withfeet of some soft material, such as feltto afford a cushioning support to the machine.

In order to hold the machine tightly. against sidewise movement, I provide blocks'which are secured tothe sides of the box and are provided with cushions of felt or similarmaterial which bear againstthe v sides of the machine-frame and in order to prevent endwise movement ofthe; machine and to cushion it, a pad is interposed be tween the front of the box and the front of the machine and against the pad the ma chine-frame is forced byfblocks engaging the rear end of'the machine-frame and the rear endof thebox. These blocks carry cushions and they are pressed against the machine-frame by a locking board which slides vertically in grooves in thebox and is held in place bythe box lid when the latter is applied. I also employ a locking board at the front of the box which slides vertically in grooves in the box and it is provided on its lower edgewith a cushion bearing on the machine-frame; Said front board is held in placeby the box lid. I

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a packing box equipped with my improvements with the box lid removed and showing how the frame of a typewriting machine is held in place in the box. A portion of the front locking "board is shown broken away. Fig. Qis a perspective view of the box with the lid'removed and with parts broken away the packing tached thereto removed. It also shows how PatentedJan. 18,1916.

the frame of a typewriting machine isheld in place. Fig. i is a perspective view of the skid on which the machine rests within the box. Figs. 5 to 10 inclusive are perspective views illustrating respectively the follow ing parts of thelocking mechanism, viz., the front locking board, the rear lcckingboard, the pad against which the front end of the machine-frame bears, one of the cushion blocks for one side of the machine-frame and a pair of cushioning blocks for the other side of the frame, and lastly one of the blocksemployed to hold down the rear portion of the machine-frame and to force the frame against thefrcnt pad.

T have shown in the drawings the frame of a typewriting machine of well known construction and have indicated different parts of this frame by the letter A.

The box B is of ordinary construction, being square and provided with a removable lid 6 (Fig. 3). I 1 1 The machine rests on a skid C shown separately in Fig.4 and consistingofparallel sides oconnected by end pieces 0'. Thesides machine, and at the corners of the skid I provide feet 0 of felt or other similar material. I I g In order to prevent sidewise movement of the machine. Tprovide on one side thereof two cushioning blocks D, one ofwvhich is shownseparately' in perspective in Fig. 8; Each such block is preferably ofrectangiu lar' 'formand carries a cushion or pad (Z which bears against thehase'of the machineframe as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. These blocks are attached to the sides of the box by fastening devices, as shown at cl. On the. opposite side of the box I provide two pairs of locking blocks E, E (Fig. 9). Each pair consists of two wedge shaped members E, E, one of which carries a pad 6. The pads of the memher'sE bear against the side ofthe 'machine-frame when the members E are if; seam? o;

in place against sidewise movement. After being thus wedged the members E are at-' tached to the side of the box by the fastening devices e.

In order to prevent endwise movement of the machine, I interpose between the'front of the frame and the front of the box a pad F which may be secured to the front of the box, and in order to press the frame against this pad I employ two blocks G (Fig. 10) which bear against the rear of the machineframe and the rear end of the packing box. Each bloc as shown in Fig. 10, isformed with a padded recessed end 9 which engages the machine-frame, andv a beveled end 9' which bears against the rear end of the packing box, and I may also provide the rear end, and when the lid is applied the board H is forced downward upon the blocks G and as these blocks are inclined upwardly and rearwardly from their lower front ends they will-be caused to force the machine against the front pad F and they also serve to hold down the rear portion of the machine.

In order to hold down the front portion of the machine, I employ a lockingboard-J, (Fig. 5) which is rectangular in shape andis provided with a pad j on its under side. This board J slides'vertically in grooves or channels is formed in cleats K arranged in the opposite corners at the frontiof the box and secured'in'place by fastening devices'of any suitablev kind. IVhen the boxlidisapplied the board J is pressed downwardand holds the front portion of the machine firmly in place.

Themanner of packing the machine in the box has been hereinbefore indicated, and it will be understood that the machine is first lowered onto the skid-C between the blocks D, E, E, the blocks E being slightly elevated above theirfinal position, or the blocks E, E may be inserted after the machine is lowered onto the skid, but after this is'done theblocks E are driven downward andserve as wedges to press the pads e against one side of the machine and cause the opposite side of the machine to press tightly against the pads'd. After this the fastening? devices 6 are applied,

In order to hold the machine firmly against endwisemovement. the front portion f it me. is: fi t m de t ear against; th

pad F, then the blocksiG areappliedtothe 3 portion. of th om fr andthebear against the rear end of the packing box, then the locking board H is lowered and the locking board J is similarly lowered, finally the lid 6 is applied and this lid engages the locking boards H and J forcing them downward,pressing the front end of the machine frame against the skid and causing the inclined blocks G to be forced downward and forward, thus holding down the rear portion of the machine and causing its front portion to bear tightly against the front pad F. In this condition the box with its contained machine may be safely shipped or moved from place to place without danger of injury. 7

While I havedescribed my invention as particularly designed for packing typewriting machines, it will be understood that some partsof the invention may be employed for packing machines .of other kinds. I have shown a plurality of padded blocks for holding the machine in place, but it is obvious that single blocks may be made large enough and used for a similar purpose. Other details of the invention may also be varied in -well known ways.

. I claim: c

l. Apacking box provided with stationary padded blocks to engage the sides of a machine frame, a movable block also adapted to engage one end of the frame of the machine, a locking board engaging the mov able block and'means for holding the locking board in place. I I

2. l packing box provided with stationary blocks adapted to engage one side of a machine-frame, blocks .adapted to engage the opposite side of the machine frame, wedgesfor forcing said last mentioned blocks against the frame of the machine, movable blocks a'dapted'to engage the frame of the machine, a locking board engaging said movable blocks and means for holding the locking board in place.

3. A packing box having a lid and pro'- vided with'stationary padded blocks to one gage the sides of a machine-frame, a mov-: able block also adapted to engage oneend of theframe of the machine, and a locking board engaging the movable block and. held in place by the lid.

4; A packing box having a lid and providedwith stationary blocks adapted to engage one side of a machine-frame, blocks adapted to engage the opposite side of the machineframe, wedges for forcing said last mentioned blocks against the frame of the machine, movable blocks adapted toengage the frame of the machine, and alocking board engaging said movable blocks and held'inplace by the box lid.

.5. A packingbox having a lid and providedwith padded blocks adapted to en; gage opposite sidesof; a: machine-frame,

to engages-the chine-frame at its rear end, a locking board engaging said blocks and which is pressed downwardly by the box lid, and a locking board at the front of the box engaged by the box lid and adapted to engage the front portion of the, machine-frame.

6. A packing box having a lid and'provided with a pad at its front end against which the front end of a machine-frame is adapted to hear, an inclined block adapted to engage the rear portion of the machine frame, and a vertically moving locking board engaging said inclined block and which is moved downwardly by the box lid.

7. The combination with a packing box having a lid, of a pad at one end of the box adapted to bear against the end of the frame of a machine, a blockadapted to engage the opposite end of the machine-frame and to be disposed in an upwardly inclined position relatively thereto, and a locking board engaging said block held in place by the box lid and acting to force the machine against the front pad.

8. A packing box having a lid and provided with means for preventing a machine from moving sidewise, a locking board engaged by the lid for holding down the front portion of the machine, a vertically moving locking board engaging the lid andmeans operated by said vertically moving locking board to hold down the rear end of the machine and to force it toward the front end of the box.

9. A packing box having a lid and provided with blocks engaging the opposite sides of a machine-frame to prevent sidewise movement thereof, means for holding down the front end of the machine, a block engaging the rear end of the machine-frame and means operated by the lid for moving said last mentioned block downwardly and forwardly to press the machine downward in the box and brace it against endwise movement.

10. A packing box having a lid and provided with a skid for supporting a machine and which carries cushioning feet, blocks adapted to engage opposite sides of the machine-frame for preventing sidewise movement thereof, means for pressing the front end of the machine upon the skid, a block engaging the rear end of the machine-frame, and means acting upon said block to force the machine downward upon the skid and for bracing the machine against endwise movement in the box.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDWARD B. HESS.

Witnesses L. C. MYERS, HENRY G. LINDON.

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Washington, D. G. 

